Example sentences of "[vb past] come [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They made a short visit , I suspect that they were going on to M.J. 's [ Margaret Jourdain 's ] brother and like Dulcia [ in A House and Its Head ] expected to come by a good deal of refreshment in the course of their peregrinations . |
| 2 | Their on-off relationship , which seemed to come to a sudden end two years ago , was re-kindled earlier this year with a romantic holiday to Mauritius . |
| 3 | I heard a voice which seemed to come from a long distance — ‘ Throw the bastard down . |
| 4 | The Scottish accent seemed to come from the other side of the crowd . |
| 5 | The only glimmer of light she could see at the moment seemed to come from the cheerful faces of the Rafferty children whenever they arrived on the Four Winds doorstep . |
| 6 | The occasional remark passing seemed to come from an infinite distance , and be answered after a prolonged interval . |
| 7 | The only serious threat appeared to come from a small group of exiles in Paris , chief amongst whom was Henry Beaumont , who had gathered together exiles from Lancaster s movement and some of the nobles who had lost lands in Scotland . |
| 8 | A Hampshire hotel hit on a clever country house compromise with gentle piano recordings that appeared to come from a live performer in the next room — creating a delightful backdrop to afternoon tea . |
| 9 | It turned out that Morais and Bertelson obtained a significant advantage for those stimuli which appeared to come from the right side of space . |
| 10 | But he did come upon the little house that was waiting for him , in a clearing in the depths , and was cheered by the lines of yellow light he could see between and under the shutters . |
| 11 | If you feel comfortable going in second one of these and these alone , that 's fine by him do what we did come in the first place , you can go in , take your briefcase pop it down there , this says to them , this is where I 'm gon na work from , is that okay with you ? |
| 12 | It is now going to be very difficult for the Lions to win this series , although they did come from the same position to win the series four years ago in Australia . |
| 13 | Well we ha went round wo we had to come off the bloody dance floor ! |
| 14 | It had to come to the nightly struggle with the big glass , like the struggle with Proteus , who must be held no matter what form he takes , bull , bear , fox , fire , water . |
| 15 | Suddenly , she knew that her aunt 's news had come at the perfect time . |
| 16 | Conchis was no more than the chance agent , the event that had come at the right time ; just as in the old days I might , after a celibate term at Oxford , have met a girl and begun an affaire with her , I had begun something exciting with him . |
| 17 | It was to this area that the Hasteds had come at the very beginning of the 19th century ; previously their home had been in the City , in the parishes of St Katherine Coleman and St Olave , Hart Street , but like many of their contemporaries they made the pilgrimage east . |
| 18 | She had come on no other Scarabae beyond Cheta , who had brought her breakfast . |
| 19 | This was a clear breach of the understanding on which he had come on a joint mission to the pope . |
| 20 | The parlour had come on a long way since I was a boy . |
| 21 | When she had stopped the car and climbed out , she wondered for a moment whether she had come on the wrong day or at the wrong time , though she was sure she had not . |
| 22 | The policeman and the girl had come on an ordinary routine visit . |
| 23 | Lord Wakeham , who had come with the necessary cheque , had muttered something about boys being boys , and that Robertson would do well to go to his hotel and sleep it off . |
| 24 | No encore was needed , despite the clamour for one and the band left knowing they 'd converted all who had come with an open mind . |
| 25 | No encore was needed , despite the clamour for one and the band left knowing they 'd converted all who had come with an open mind . |
| 26 | And what more could Miss Waters do but affirm that if one could not perform one 's Christian duty without being treated as a busybody then the parish had come to a sorry pass ? |
| 27 | The closest that the prewar colonel had come to a political affiliation had been with progressive , Christian anti-fascists . |
| 28 | On the ground , in accordance with the order , 5 Corps had already entered negotiations with the Soviet authorities to take them over , and had come to a final decision ( reported to Eighth Army ) on which groups were to go . |
| 29 | For a communist militant who had devoted his life to the struggle against fascist barbarism and oppression , the revelation that the Soviet communist state had come to a private agreement with Hitler 's Nazi Germany was a mortal body blow . |
| 30 | By 1982 ( the EC 's 25th birthday ) the momentum for a Single European Market had come to a virtual standstill . |